Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua may struggle at Croke Park in September, with talks below method to stage the long-awaited heavyweight bout in Dublin.
The occasion is being focused for the 80,000-seat stadium – the long-lasting house of Gaelic video games – however the bout will depend on Fury successful his comeback struggle on Saturday and Joshua not taking a warm-up this summer season.
Fury takes on Russian Arslanbek Makhmudov in London this weekend whereas Joshua has solely simply returned to coaching after he was injured in a car accident in Nigeria that killed two of his shut associates, Sina Ghami and Latif Ayodele.
Fury has not fought since December 2024 whereas Joshua’s final bout was in opposition to Jake Paul last December.
Should Joshua determine to take a warm-up struggle earlier than assembly Fury, the occasion will probably be focused for the top of the yr – probably in the UK.
Speaking to BBC Sport, Croke Park stadium chief government Peter McKenna mentioned a Fury-Joshua struggle in Dublin may imply Katie Taylor lastly realised her dream of preventing in the stadium.
“The real hope is that we will get Tyson Fury here later on in the year. That would be such a world-billing event that we would be able to facilitate a Katie Taylor fight here,” he mentioned.
“A lot of stars need to align. Katie’s manager needs to agree, Katie’s promoter needs to agree, Tyson Fury’s promoter needs to agree.
“I’m very assured that every one three are coming to the sense that that is one among Ireland’s biggest sporting athletes and it might be such a ‘wow’ to have her right here and for her to complete her profession right here.”
